'Swaddle' definitions:
Definition of 'swaddle'
(from WordNet)
verb
Wrap in swaddling clothes; "swaddled the infant" [syn: swaddle, swathe]
Definition of 'Swaddle'
From: GCIDE
- Swaddle \Swad"dle\, n. [AS. swe?il, swe?el, fr. swe?ain to bind. See Swathe.] Anything used to swaddle with, as a cloth or band; a swaddling band. [1913 Webster]
- They put me in bed in all my swaddles. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Swaddle'
From: GCIDE
- Swaddle \Swad"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swaddled; p. pr. & vb. n. Swaddling.]
- 1. To bind as with a bandage; to bind or warp tightly with clothes; to swathe; -- used esp. of infants; as, to swaddle a baby. [1913 Webster]
- They swaddled me up in my nightgown with long pieces of linen. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To beat; to cudgel. [Obs.] --Hudibras. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'swaddle'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- apparel,
- array,
- attire,
- band,
- bandage,
- bedeck,
- bedrape,
- belt,
- bend,
- bind,
- bind up,
- box,
- brace,
- bundle,
- bundle up,
- case,
- chain,
- cinch,
- clothe,
- crate,
- deck,
- dight,
- do up,
- drape,
- dress,
- dud,
- embox,
- embrace,
- encapsulate,
- encase,
- enclothe,
- endue,
- enfold,
- enrobe,
- enshroud,
- enswathe,
- envelop,
- enwrap,
- garb,
- garment,
- gird,
- girdle,
- girt,
- girth,
- habilitate,
- invest,
- lace,
- lap,
- lash,
- leash,
- muffle up,
- pack,
- package,
- rag out,
- raiment,
- robe,
- roll,
- rope,
- sheathe,
- shroud,
- smother,
- splice,
- strap,
- surround,
- swathe,
- sweet,
- tie,
- tie up,
- tire,
- truss,
- wire,
- wrap,
- wrap about,
- wrap up